Whether you croon or whether you croak … it only takes a few cocktails for the crowd to believe you sound like a true rock star!

So said the invitation to Cocktails & Karaoke, and those encouraging words no doubt gave quite a few people the confidence to get up and sing for the benefit of National Jewish Health.

Even those too shy to go it alone could take their place in the spotlight. Dana Pluss Parks, who chaired the annual songfest with her husband, Brian Parks, and Marc Cohen, found the nerve to perform by enlisting several friends to accompany her on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

“It was a wonderful and fun evening,” she told us afterward, “the best part being that we raised $57,000 for Kunsberg School.” Located on the National Jewish campus, Kunsberg School serves young patients whose health is too delicate to let them thrive in a traditional school environment. It is the only school of its kind in the country and serves children in grades K-8.

Kunsberg’s principal, John Reid, is preparing to retire and so the faculty showed up at Cocktails & Karaoke to sing a song in his honor.